Interesting that you are connecting Hand and Vere. Pete and I have interesting discussions, not always seeing eye to eye, but agreeing more times than not on basic Catholic issues. OTOH, I am no fan of Stephen Hand and what I label as his unscrupulous behavior vis-a-vis the use of private communications, but I have defended his right in other venues to make an idiot of himself.
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Contacting him is a good suggestion, but I question the description "cheap shot." I documented all my claims.
Interesting that you are connecting Hand and Vere.
You correctly point out the great differences in approach taken by Peter Vere and by Stephen Hand. However, they have been working hand in glove. Here is what Vere says on his blog:
As most of my readers know, my first big print break as a Catholic writer came from The Wanderer. At the time, I was still strongly identified with the hard-line Traditionalist movement, even though I had long since come to a deeper understanding of the Second Vatican Council and joined the Le Barroux camp ideologically as a Catholic who feels attached to the old Latin missal. It was a little lonely with just Stephen Hand and I over at Today's Catholic Reflections, although this began our deep friendship that continues until this day. Anyway, Al Matt at The Wanderer was willing to give me a chance, and a break. He also gave Steve a chance when the whole controversy broke that year. So I've remained fiercely loyal to both the Wanderer and TCR to this day.One wonders, where did this "deeper understanding of Vatican II" come from if not from Huels who was his mentor after he left the SSPX?